Afghanistan AH 1212(7) rupee KM-358
This specimen was lot 2062 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "DURRANI: Shah Zaman, 1793-1801, AR rupee, Derajat, AH1212 year 7, two banker's marks on reverse, one ornately shaped testmark on edge, choice VF, R." The Durranis or Saddozais established themselves in Afghanistan in the 1750's but had lost large chunks of their empire during the reign of Shah Zaman. Shah Zaman was captured and blinded by his brother Mahmud Shah in 1801 but survived in exile until 1845. This type was struck years 1 thru 8 and is common. The SCWC lists AH 1212(2), 1212(6) and 1213(7) but not 1212(7) but there are garbled dates in this series. Derajat is now in the Punjab region of Pakistan. The mint was also used by the Afsharids and the Sikhs.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 10.8-11.2 g, silver, this specimen 11.03 g.
Catalog reference: A-3108, KM-358.
- Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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